the Impulse Hongkong, Feb. 4.
The Chinese firemen on the Empress of Russia and on one of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company's steamers have gone on strike as a result of agitation from Canton.
Later.
The Empress of Russia is steaming out to Junk Bay preparatory to her departure for Vancouver The Indo-China Ste ation Company has without} difficulty replaced the striking firemen.
'The Hongkong branch of the Canton Strikers' Union has circularizo} inter alia the Sharebrokers Asse-ion to go on strike, d members of the Association ai "brethren."—Reuter's Pacific Ser-
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